Queens (New Brunswick provincial electoral district) explained

Queens
Province:New Brunswick
Prov-Status:defunct
Prov-Created:1785
Prov-Abolished:1973
Prov-Election-First:1785
Prov-Election-Last:1970

Queens was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada. It used a bloc voting system to elect candidates. It was abolished with the 1973 electoral redistribution, when the province moved to single-member ridings.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

LegislatureYearsMemberPartyMemberParty
1st1786 – 1792   Samuel DickinsonIndependent   John YeamansIndependent
2nd1793 – 1795   James PetersIndependent
3rd1795 – 1802
4th1802 – 1809
5th1809 – 1816
6th1817 – 1819   Samuel ScovilIndependent   Richard YeamansIndependent
7th1820
8th1821 – 1827   William PetersIndependent
9th1827 – 1830   Harry PetersIndependent   Charles HarrisonIndependent
10th1831 – 1834   Thomas GilbertIndependent
11th1835 – 1837   Hugh Johnston, Jr.Independent
12th1837 – 1842
13th1843 – 1846   John EarleIndependent
14th1847 – 1850   Hugh Johnston, Jr.Independent
15th1851 – 1854   John EarleIndependent
16th1854 – 1856   Samuel H. GilbertIndependent   John FerrisLiberal
17th1856 – 1857   John EarleIndependent
18th1857 – 1861   Samuel H. GilbertIndependent
19th1862 – 1865
20th1865 – 1866   Joseph B. PerkinsIndependent   Gideon D. BaileyIndependent
21st1866 – 1867   John Ferris[1] Liberal   Robert Thorne Babbit[2] Independent
1867 – 1870   Walter S. ButlerIndependent
22nd1870 – 1871   Gideon D. BaileyIndependent
1871 – 1872   Ebenezer WilliamsIndependent
1872 – 1874   Walter S. ButlerIndependent
23rd1875 – 1878   Francis WoodsLiberal
24th1879 – 1882
25th1883 – 1886   Thomas HetheringtonLiberal   Albert PalmerLiberal
26th1886 – 1890
27th1890 – 1892
28th1892   Laughlin FarrisLiberal
1892 – 1895   Andrew George BlairLiberal
29th1896
1896 – 1899   Isaac W. CarpenterIndependent
30th1899 – 1903
31st1903 – 1908
32nd1908 – 1912   Harry W. WoodsIndependent   Arthur R. SlippIndependent
33rd1912 – 1917
34th1917 – 1920   George Herbert KingLiberal   Judson HetheringtonLiberal
35th1921 – 1925
36th1925 – 1930   W. Benton EvansConservative   J. Arthur MooreConservative
37th1931 – 1935
38th1935 – 1939   Frederic McGrandLiberal   W. M. JenkinsLiberal
39th1939 – 1944   W. Benton EvansConservative   J. Arthur MooreConservative
40th1944 – 1948   Edward S. DarrahLiberal   Hardie C. ParkerLiberal
41st1948 – 1952
42nd1952 – 1956   Wilfred BishopProgressive Conservative   J. Arthur MooreProgressive Conservative
43rd1957 – 1960
44th1960 – 1963
45th1963 – 1967
46th1967 – 1970   Robert McCreadyLiberal
47th1970 – 1974
Riding dissolved into Queens North and Queens South

Notes and References

  1. elected to federal seat
  2. resigned